Mental tubercle

Mental tubercle
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Identifiers
Latin tuberculum mentale mandibulae
TA A02.1.15.006
FMA 59426

Anatomical terminology

The mandibular symphysis divides below and encloses a triangular eminence, the mental protuberance, the base of which is depressed in the center but raised on either side to form the mental tubercle. The two mental tubercles along with the medial mental protuberance are collectively called the mental trigon.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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